The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday, Aug. 15, edition that major producers in the energy industry want to increase shipments of bitumen instead of building costly new refineries. The Globe's Brent Jang writes that while the United States has been the traditional market for Canadian oil exports, producers are also turning their sights to customers in Asia to expand to new global markets. There are several controversial pipeline plans. Enbridge's Northern Gateway project from the Bruderheim, Alta., to Kitimat, B.C., continues to face stiff opposition from first nations. Kinder Morgan Canada's Trans Mountain plans to expand the pipeline from Alberta's Strathcona County to Burnaby, B.C. Trans Mountain would increase the number of oil tanker shipments from Vancouver's Burrard Inlet to 34 a month from five. TransCanada's Keystone XL, which would ship crude from Alberta to Nebraska has been a lightning rod for U.S. climate change activists. TransCanada's Energy East project would improve market access from the West to two Quebec refineries. Enbridge's reversal of Line 9B is expected to done by the end of this year to clear the way for light oil to flow from Ontario to Quebec.